Tuesday, 31 July 2012

Deathbed Confessions ........

As I lie here paralyzed by this disease that's claiming my life.Clasping on to the hand of the woman who for the last forty years I've called my wife.Poker faced I look into her eyesTears well up as I think of all the lies.Through each one we stood by each otherThis is not the love I was told of by my mother.Yet I met this woman when I was a boyMy childhood sweetheart who brought me such joy.The love of my life who said I'm her one and onlyDeath would rob us of this bliss And leave her lonely...

When she was twenty-four I was twenty-fiveThat’s when we wed the bliss we shared made me know I was aliveWhen she was thirty-three I was thirty-fourFive children she had boreCould any man ask for more?

Our lives revolved around our familyOur last child whose name is EmilyHas graduated from universityAnd now faces the prospect of life in the cityWe gave them all the best money could buyAnd taught them the all values and virtues to live by:Honesty, integrity, transparency, truth and courage.

How can I look them each in the eye when I've been so dishonestThe double life I've lived as I built this love-nestThe smokescreens and facade that have filled our homeThe lies and deceit are more than the plot to kill Caesar in Rome.How can I tell them when I know this will destroy usMaybe I should take it to my grave and not kick up a fuss

The six souls I love with all my heartAre about to discover a truth that will tear us apartI cannot believe I find myself in this predicamentMy confession will leave such disenchantmentYou see I've known all alongIn this happy septet I'm the one who doesn't belongI could have saidI should have saidI would have saidBut I may have lost her if didSo I was forced to put it under a lidHow could I open Pandora’s boxAnd break the heart of one with such lovely locksYou see when it comes to reproduction I am like an oxA debilitating disease in my youth left me unable produce an heirThis truth leaves a foul stench in the airWho then is the father of these five?